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Fair Lawn Native, HS Math Teacher Mike Caruso 'Touched The Lives Of Everyone' Fair Lawn Native, HS Math Teacher Mike Caruso 'Touched The Lives Of Everyone'
Fair Lawn Native, HS Math Teacher Mike Caruso 'Touched The Lives Of Everyone' There's been an outpouring of support for a popular math teacher from Morristown High School who died after a car accident on Feb. 27 and "touched the lives of everyone." Nearly 700 donors have contributed to this GoFundMe organized to honor the memory of 11-year math teacher Michael F. “Mike” Caruso, of Rockaway. Caruso died suddenly on Feb. 27. He was 42 years old. Mike lived in Fair Lawn before moving to Rockaway 8 years ago, according to his obituary. "He was a father, husband, son, friend, and mentor to his students," the campaign says. "If you knew Mike, you’d know how much he touch…

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by Jon Craig
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Ammonia Based Smelling Salts Sicken Students In Morris County: Officials Ammonia Based Smelling Salts Sicken Students In Morris County: Officials
Ammonia Based Smelling Salts Sicken Students In Morris County: Officials Ammonia-based smelling salts used by athletes and once used to treat fainting women had an adverse affect on students who brought the substance to a Morris County school, district officials said. A student brought the bottle of a type of "athletic smelling salt" to the Copeland Middle School on Tuesday, Feb. 7, and others who applied it were "adversely affected," Rockaway Superintendent Richard R. Corbett said in a letter to parents. The ammonia-based salts case an increase in heartbeat and alertness, however, have been a growing concern among athletes in recent years, according to a report…

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by Cecilia Levine